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    <h1>Local Debugging</h1>
    <p>The Java debugger has a client/server design so that it can be used to
    debug programs that run locally (on the same workstation as the debugger) or
    remotely (on another computer on the network).</p>

    <p>Local debugging is the simplest and most common kind of debugging.&nbsp;
    After you have finished editing and building your Java program, you can
    launch the program on your workstation using the
    <a class="command-link" href='javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.debug.ui.commands.OpenDebugConfigurations")'>
    <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="Goto the launch configuration dialog">
    <strong>Run &gt; Debug Configurations...</strong></a> menu item
    on the workbench.&nbsp; Launching the program in this way will establish a
    connection between the debugger client and the Java program that you are
    launching.&nbsp; You may then use breakpoints, stepping, or expression
    evaluation to debug your program.</p>

    <h3 class="related">Related Concepts</h3>
      <a href="cbrkpnts.htm">Breakpoints</a>
    
    <h3 class="related">Related Tasks</h3>
      <a href="../tasks/task-add_line_breakpoints.htm">Adding breakpoints</a><br>
      <a href="../tasks/task-resuming_threads.htm">Resuming the execution of suspended threads</a><br>
      <a href="../tasks/task-running_and_debugging.htm">Running and debugging</a><br>
      <a href="../tasks/task-suspending_threads.htm">Suspending threads</a>
    
    <h3 class="related">Related References</h3>
      <a href="../reference/preferences/run-debug/ref-run_debug.htm">Debug preferences</a><br>
      <a href="../reference/views/debug/ref-debug_view.htm">Debug view</a><br>
      <a href="../reference/menus/run/ref-menu-run.htm">Run menu actions</a><br>
       <a href="../reference/ref-toolbar-run.htm">Run and Debug toolbar actions</a>
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